Weighing Delight and Dole: A Study of Comedy, Tragedy, and AnxietyThis work establishes a concept of anxiety reduction which is applied to a discussion of the literature on comedy and tragedy in order to propose new definitions of these genres. The results of this theoretical treatment are then employed in analyses of works of Shakespeare, Schiller, Buchner, Lessing, Cary, De Vries and Kafka." |
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... means circumnavigated by Freud and Jung , and certainly not by their disciples and least of all by the behaviorists and experimen- talists . While most of these schools have much of value to offer , the literary critic should not feel ...
... means circumnavigated by Freud and Jung , and certainly not by their disciples and least of all by the behaviorists and experimen- talists . While most of these schools have much of value to offer , the literary critic should not feel ...
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... means of expiation ( catharsis ) . And pity is an expression of anx- iety reduction predicated upon the acceptance of the catas- trophe , here anticipating the execution of Danton and his friends . The two emotions of the polarity ...
... means of expiation ( catharsis ) . And pity is an expression of anx- iety reduction predicated upon the acceptance of the catas- trophe , here anticipating the execution of Danton and his friends . The two emotions of the polarity ...
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... means to withstand the power of destruction and death , only the hope for rebirth in the continuation of the Blakean cycle . For Jimson this only means that 205.
... means to withstand the power of destruction and death , only the hope for rebirth in the continuation of the Blakean cycle . For Jimson this only means that 205.
Contents
Comedy | 47 |
Tragedy | 81 |
Grief and Another Delay Theory Hamlet | 115 |
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aggression Amphitruo Amphitryon anxiety reduction appears Aristotle Aristotle's arousal assert Brod Cary's catastrophe catharsis catharsis of fear central character Chick Claudius comic concept context danger Dantons Tod death defense discussion drama Elizabeth emotion esthetic event example experience fact feelings Frankfurt a/M Franz Kafka Freud Friedrich Schiller Georg Buechner German Gregor grief guilt Gulley Gulley's Hamlet Horse's Mouth hostility Humor iety incongruity individual inhibition inner issue Jimson Journal Joyce Cary kill Claudius Kris laughter Lessing Lessing's literary literature Maria Stuart Mary Mary's matter Max Brod Minna von Barnhelm Muenchen mysticism Nickie Nietzsche notion novel person Peter De Vries pity and fear play pleasure psychoanalysis psychological reality realized revenge role Saemtliche Schiller sense sentimental comedy sexual Shakespeare social social inhibition specifically spectator sublime suggested superego Tellheim theory threat tion tragedy tragic catharsis tragic hero transcendence vicarious Vries's Werke York